Transhumanism was put up recently and I would advocate against using that name. But for both of them, I think it depends dramatically on how you package it. “The Future of Medicine” doesn’t sound so weird and can encourage people to go into research.
We are very conscious of how much “weird-budget” we have. If we remove all of the ideas that make us unique, then we end up being just a generic bunch of altruism-advocates. Existential Risk is also important, and simply removing it would defeat a lot of the point. But we are aware that if too many modules are too strange, we may lose people.
You might attract a broader audience if you removed references to Existential Risk and Transhumanism from your web page.
Transhumanism was put up recently and I would advocate against using that name. But for both of them, I think it depends dramatically on how you package it. “The Future of Medicine” doesn’t sound so weird and can encourage people to go into research.
We are very conscious of how much “weird-budget” we have. If we remove all of the ideas that make us unique, then we end up being just a generic bunch of altruism-advocates. Existential Risk is also important, and simply removing it would defeat a lot of the point. But we are aware that if too many modules are too strange, we may lose people.